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Let's Explore!CSO Teacher WorkshopEllen Oberto &​Heidi Rouleau

Question Formulation Technique

Here is our "object" for the QFT exercise.

The "Fate" motive??

What makes a thing a thing? What makes the Beethoven 5 the Beethoven 5? Let's explore the "Fate" motive from this iconic work using the clips below. Which versions retain their Beethoven-ness? Which versions no longer sound like Beethoven? How else could we "play" with this motive and it still count as the Beethoven 5?

Original

Rhythmic Variation 1

Major

Rhythmic Variation 2

Inverted

Embodied Narrative

One way that children respond to music is by creating narratives. Embodied narratives are performed without words, using only the physical shapes and movements that children create with their bodies. In this process, children "read" the "text" of the music, then interpret it and infer a narrative. They "write" the narrative using their bodies as another "text." When they share their narratives, other students then "read" the new "text" in their embodied narratives.

Graphic Organizer

Guidelines

Today, we will be creating an embodied narrative based on Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The general form and excerpts are below.